Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . and there are forty-eight families, knownonly as rovers, living upon the mountains and in the Lapp villages are, Lainiovuorna, to the south-east ofEnontekis, containing fourteen families; Koengcemce, orllaunala, to the west, containing twenty-five families;Suondavaara, to the north-ivest, containing five families;Rammavuoma, to the north, eighteen families ; and Peldojerf, Name-ivento to the east, four families. The word mark is Swedish: tlicir Country. it signifies fund; as angsmark, which means is also used
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . and there are forty-eight families, knownonly as rovers, living upon the mountains and in the Lapp villages are, Lainiovuorna, to the south-east ofEnontekis, containing fourteen families; Koengcemce, orllaunala, to the west, containing twenty-five families;Suondavaara, to the north-ivest, containing five families;Rammavuoma, to the north, eighteen families ; and Peldojerf, Name-ivento to the east, four families. The word mark is Swedish: tlicir Country. it signifies fund; as angsmark, which means is also used to denote the groimd; as, Ligga pa marken,signifying, To lie on the ground. This word has,therefore, no other reference to the Lapps, than when used asa compound, Lap-mark, to denote the land where they therefore means the and of the Finns, or Fenns ; and the title is, Canuti Leemii, Professoris Linguce Lapponicce, De Lapponibus Fmmarchioe,eorumque Lingud, &c. Commcnlatio ; mullu Tabulis /Ends illuslrala. Kiobenhavu,1/67. 4to. E N O N T E K I S. oqq the Norwegians call the inhabitants of Finmark by a name chap. signifies Mountain Finns ; namely, Fen Fjal. In thelanguage of the Lapps, their peculiar country, if they maybe said to have any, is Sabmi Ednam ; literally, Lapland;Sabmi denoting of or belonging to Lapps, and Ednam signify-ing land. All the Laplanders, whatsoever country they chanceto inhabit, call the land in which they dwell by this language is remarkable for its softness, and itsplenitude of vowels : in this respect it resembles the Finnishlanguage. The greatest enemies of the Laplanders, and almost the incursions of D the Wolves. only enemies they ever encounter, are the ivolves. One ofthe first questions they put to each other, when they meet,is precisely that of Joram to Jehu:1 Is it peaceP Thisquestion, in the original, or Lapland, language, is Lekor rauhePIt means nothing more than, Have the wolves molested youPA very
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